Reproductive characteristics of female wolverines (Gulo gulo) in Scandinavia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Persson, Jens ^a   Landa, Arild ^b   Andersen, Roy ^b   Segerström, Peter ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Carnivore; Gulo gulo; Litter size; Mustelid; Recruitment; Reproduction; Scandinavia; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FECUNDITY; LITTER SIZE; MUSTELID; RECRUITMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

GULO GULO; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 31744435999     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/04-.1     Document Type: Article

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